Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 21 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 27 March 1916.

Admitted to 51st General Hospital, Etaples, 11 December 1916; discharged to duty, 11 January 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 32 days. Taken on strength, 26th Bn, 25 June 1917.

Proceeded on English leave, 7 August 1917. Posted absent without leave, 18 August 1917. Rejoined unit from absent without leave, Belgium, 14 September 1917. Admitted to 5th Australian field Ambulance, 8 October 1917; transferred to 5th Division Rest Station, 9 October 1917 (myalgia); discharged to duty and rejoined unit, 11 October 1917. Found guilty, 14 October 1917, of being absent without leave in France, 7.30 am, 18 August, until 5 September 1917 (19 days): awarded 28 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Transferred to 2nd Division Salvage Company, 10 January 1918.

Detached to RTO Railhead, Salerno [?], 18 June 1918; rejoined unit from detachment, 28 June 1918. Detached to 17th Company, Australian Army Service Corps, 4 October 1918; rejoined unit from detachment, 7 October 1918.

Proceeded on leave, 5 November 1918. Apprenhended by Military Police, London, 12 December 1918. Found guilty, 10 January 1919, of being absent without leave from 20 November to 12 December 1918 (23 days): admonished and forfeited 23 days' pay.